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The American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament comes to Hartford this week. UConn, seeded sixth among 11 teams, will have to win four games in four days to get the league's automatic NCAA bid. Here are 30 things to know about teams in the league and the tournament itself as things get underway at the XL Center starting Thursday at 2 p.m. 1. UConn finished sixth. The Huskieswere 3-7 against the five teams above them and 7-1 against the teams that finished below them. UConn, however, beat top-seeded Southern Methodist, No. 2 Tulsa and No. 3 Cincinnati at the XL Center. 2. Newcomers East Carolina, Tulane and Tulsa all joined the AAC this season, replacing...

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